- Devils Tower, an impressive formation amid a relatively flat region, raises natural questions among many viewers as to how it formed.
- Long an inspiration and attraction for nature lovers and mountain climbers, Devils Tower was the first site to be named a National Monument in the United States.
- Devils Tower was featured in the 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which turns the tower into an alien landing site.
- Devils Tower National Monument, the first U.S. national monument, established in 1906 in northeastern Wyoming, near the Belle Fourche River.
- Devils Tower National Monument, located in the Black Hills of northeastern Wyoming, is 1,262 feet high, a startling monolith rising up out of the flat lands around it.
- Devils Tower is eye-catching from afar and it looks relatively tall. But when you stand at its base, the looming and leaning Tower looks enormous.
- Rain and ice continue to erode the sedimentary rocks surrounding the base of the Devils Tower and over a period more of the Devils Tower will be exposed.
- President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower the first national monument in 1906. Approximately 107 miles northwest of Rapid City, the formation…
- The rock at Devils Tower is about 40 million years old. The rock is called a phonolite based on its mineral composition, which includes anorthoclase...
- You can stop at the visitor’s center to learn about one of the ranger-led programs, night sky viewing, hiking and even climbing to the top of Devils Tower.